Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 228 290
Rank change year-on-year -76 +62 -73
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 512 565 922
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 1.37% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 1.47% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 217 308 524
10th Percentile £42,464 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,357 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,510 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £88,750 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,970 £104,125 £114,475
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.96% +13.04% -11.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,219 38,320 79,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.73% 92.97% 86.04%
Number of salaries quoted 39,642 22,523 59,141
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.19% +6.60% -7.83%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 13 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 13 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -70 469 £67,750 -3.21% 278
London +42 283 £85,000 +13.33% 142
Work from Home +48 244 £74,500 +14.62% 160
UK excluding London -174 176 £63,076 -2.96% 185
North of England -44 62 £75,000 -6.25% 33
North West -18 38 £85,000 +6.12% 11
Midlands -55 34 £58,750 -6.00% 22
South East -132 30 £52,500 -19.23% 72
West Midlands -18 26 £57,500 -8.00% 12
East of England -15 25 £61,300 -5.69% 35
Yorkshire -49 21 £63,076 +94.08% 19
South West -74 17 £62,500 +2.04% 14
East Midlands -53 8 £116,250 +121.43% 10
Northern Ireland - 7 £75,000 - 3
Scotland -20 4 £55,000 +22.22% 6
Wales -24 3 £69,501 +16.11% 3
North East -33 3 £63,076 -23.54% 3

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 17 (3.32%) Confluence
3 11 (2.15%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.39%) CICS
5 2 (0.39%) CMS
5 2 (0.39%) MTS
6 1 (0.20%) Drupal
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (6.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 19 (3.71%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.59%) Trello
7 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (3.91%) Workfront
2 6 (1.17%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.59%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.20%) Magento
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 72 (14.06%) AWS
2 62 (12.11%) SaaS
3 50 (9.77%) Azure
4 34 (6.64%) iPaaS
5 19 (3.71%) GitHub
5 19 (3.71%) Power Platform
5 19 (3.71%) Pulumi
6 15 (2.93%) GitHub Copilot
7 14 (2.73%) GCP
8 13 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (1.76%) OneDrive
11 8 (1.56%) Asana
11 8 (1.56%) H2O.ai
11 8 (1.56%) OpenShift
12 7 (1.37%) Figma
13 6 (1.17%) PaaS
14 5 (0.98%) Snowflake
15 4 (0.78%) Google Analytics
15 4 (0.78%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 59 (11.52%) Broadband
2 20 (3.91%) HTTP
3 9 (1.76%) SD-WAN
3 9 (1.76%) WAN
4 6 (1.17%) LAN
4 6 (1.17%) RTP
5 4 (0.78%) NGN
6 3 (0.59%) Multicast
6 3 (0.59%) Network Security
6 3 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.59%) Wireless
7 2 (0.39%) Firewall
7 2 (0.39%) VPN
8 1 (0.20%) 4G
8 1 (0.20%) 5G
8 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.20%) MPLS
8 1 (0.20%) Skype
8 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.59%) Metadata
2 20 (3.91%) NoSQL
2 20 (3.91%) RDBMS
2 20 (3.91%) Relational Database
3 17 (3.32%) Power BI
4 9 (1.76%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.98%) Tableau
6 4 (0.78%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.59%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.39%) Big Data
8 2 (0.39%) DB2
9 1 (0.20%) Mixpanel
9 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 29 (5.66%) JIRA
2 19 (3.71%) Jaeger
3 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.20%) Git
3 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.20%) Selenium
General
1 185 (36.13%) Finance
2 167 (32.62%) Social Skills
3 153 (29.88%) Marketing
4 89 (17.38%) Analytical Skills
5 80 (15.63%) Banking
6 66 (12.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (11.33%) Retail
8 56 (10.94%) Law
9 44 (8.59%) Influencing Skills
10 42 (8.20%) Presentation Skills
11 34 (6.64%) Legal
12 29 (5.66%) Back Office
13 28 (5.47%) Public Sector
14 27 (5.27%) Financial Institution
15 22 (4.30%) Manufacturing
16 19 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
17 15 (2.93%) Digital Economy
18 13 (2.54%) Italian Language
18 13 (2.54%) Retail Banking
19 12 (2.34%) German Language
Job Titles
1 144 (28.13%) Product Manager
2 82 (16.02%) Senior
3 71 (13.87%) Lead
4 55 (10.74%) Product Owner
5 42 (8.20%) Senior Manager
6 35 (6.84%) Senior Product Manager
7 23 (4.49%) Developer
8 21 (4.10%) Development Engineer
8 21 (4.10%) Software Engineer
9 20 (3.91%) Product Lead
9 20 (3.91%) Software Development Engineer
10 19 (3.71%) Consultant
11 15 (2.93%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (2.93%) Digital Product Manager
11 15 (2.93%) Senior Development Engineer
11 15 (2.93%) Senior Software Development Engineer
11 15 (2.93%) Senior Software Engineer
12 13 (2.54%) Business Consultant
12 13 (2.54%) Business Development Consultant
12 13 (2.54%) Development Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.49%) REST
2 19 (3.71%) Elastic Stack
2 19 (3.71%) OpenTelemetry
3 8 (1.56%) Keras
3 8 (1.56%) PyTorch
3 8 (1.56%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.17%) YAML
5 3 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.39%) .NET
6 2 (0.39%) CSS
6 2 (0.39%) HTML
6 2 (0.39%) Spring
6 2 (0.39%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.20%) EDI
7 1 (0.20%) JSON
7 1 (0.20%) RESTful
7 1 (0.20%) SOAP
7 1 (0.20%) XML
7 1 (0.20%) XMPP
7 1 (0.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 134 (26.17%) Product Ownership
2 46 (8.98%) Social Media
3 36 (7.03%) Marketing Technology
4 35 (6.84%) Over-the-Top Content
5 33 (6.45%) Cloud Native
6 28 (5.47%) Onboarding
7 27 (5.27%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (4.88%) Management Information System
9 21 (4.10%) Public Cloud
10 15 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.56%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.56%) Driving Licence
11 8 (1.56%) Web Conferencing
12 7 (1.37%) Data Fabric
12 7 (1.37%) Podcast
12 7 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
13 6 (1.17%) IoT
13 6 (1.17%) Mobile App
13 6 (1.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.49%) Linux
2 19 (3.71%) Unix
3 6 (1.17%) Windows
4 2 (0.39%) zOS
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (58.79%) Roadmaps
2 242 (47.27%) Agile
3 148 (28.91%) Product Roadmap
4 110 (21.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 110 (21.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 107 (20.90%) Product Vision
6 104 (20.31%) AI
7 101 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
8 98 (19.14%) Mentoring
9 96 (18.75%) Decision-Making
10 94 (18.36%) Product Strategy
11 86 (16.80%) User Stories
12 73 (14.26%) User Experience
13 69 (13.48%) Analytics
14 68 (13.28%) Customer Experience
14 68 (13.28%) Product Backlog
15 63 (12.30%) Product Requirements
16 62 (12.11%) DevOps
17 60 (11.72%) Coaching
18 59 (11.52%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 44 (8.59%) Java
2 38 (7.42%) Python
3 25 (4.88%) JavaScript
4 20 (3.91%) Go
5 19 (3.71%) Bash
6 18 (3.52%) SQL
7 6 (1.17%) Bicep
7 6 (1.17%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.59%) R
9 2 (0.39%) C#
9 2 (0.39%) COBOL
9 2 (0.39%) JCL
9 2 (0.39%) PHP
9 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 89 (17.38%) Degree
2 28 (5.47%) Master's Degree
3 22 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (4.30%) Security Cleared
4 20 (3.91%) AWS Certification
5 16 (3.13%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.37%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.17%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.17%) HNC
8 5 (0.98%) MBA
9 4 (0.78%) CISSP
10 3 (0.59%) CCNA
10 3 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.59%) HND
10 3 (0.59%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.59%) PMP
11 2 (0.39%) ACCA
11 2 (0.39%) CIMA
11 2 (0.39%) CISM
11 2 (0.39%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.08%) QA
2 10 (1.95%) Accessibility
2 10 (1.95%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.37%) GDPR
4 7 (1.37%) NCSC
5 6 (1.17%) NIST
5 6 (1.17%) PMO
6 4 (0.78%) SLA
7 3 (0.59%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.59%) PERC
8 2 (0.39%) COREP
8 2 (0.39%) FINREP
8 2 (0.39%) GRC
8 2 (0.39%) IFRS
8 2 (0.39%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.20%) GMP
9 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (4.49%) Docker
2 2 (0.39%) RACF
3 1 (0.20%) Firmware
3 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (6.45%) Terraform
2 23 (4.49%) Kubernetes
3 19 (3.71%) Ansible
3 19 (3.71%) Argo
3 19 (3.71%) Kustomize
3 19 (3.71%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 47 (9.18%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.40%) Adobe
3 35 (6.84%) Google
4 10 (1.95%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.76%) Oracle
6 8 (1.56%) Databricks
6 8 (1.56%) Dell
6 8 (1.56%) NVIDIA
7 5 (0.98%) Cisco
7 5 (0.98%) Foundry
8 4 (0.78%) Facebook
8 4 (0.78%) Toshiba
8 4 (0.78%) YouTube
9 3 (0.59%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.59%) CQG
9 3 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.59%) ION Trading
9 3 (0.59%) Patsystems
9 3 (0.59%) Reuters
9 3 (0.59%) Tenable